this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh, live in dublin. the headlines at 4 o'clock... a mass led by the pope at phoenix park in dublin is attracting huge crowds. pope francis was using his native spanish for praise of forgiveness for abuse at all levels. a huge crowd of up to half a million people have gathered for this final event of the world meeting of families here in dublin. here the other headlines this hour. british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, returns to prison in iran, following a three day release. her family hoped she would be granted an extension. senatorjohn mccain, the americam vietnam war hero who became a republican politician and canddate for president, has died at the age of 81. a search and rescue operation is underway for two fishermen after their boat sank off the coast of great yarmouth in norfolk. and coming up in half an hour in

weather world. and this time we are in scotland. we will discover what scientists are doing to help protect one of scotland's most famous products, whiskey. hello and welcome back to a blustery phoenix park in dublin where mass is being celebrated by pope francis continues this afternoon. it has been really striking this occasion as the congregation broke into applause on a number of occasions because of what they were hearing. there was the pope's speaking in his native spanish, calling for forgiveness for abuse on all levels. he mentioned children who had suffered abuse at the hands of the catholic church, unmarried mothers and the babies they had who were taken away from them and the mac in forced adoptions and told that they

had somehow committed a mortal sin. prior to that, the bishop of dublin calling for a new spring for the church in ireland. well, listening to that with me was father. how remarkable do you think those words word? what did they mean to the people here? and shouting i think that spontaneous reaction from the crowd, the very specific forms of abuse that the church must repent, echoed by people. i'm sure that it touched people in their hearts in a very specific way. many here i'm sure were victims of various forms of woundedness, maybe through their church or through society. and i think it resonated through the crowd of almost a half a million people here. i it was a real think moment. it was notjust words being spoken. it was an experience of reconciliation. how important do you think this is

for catholicism in ireland? for people who have a very strong faith? this nation has a strong faith, but it has been tested. until about a half an hour ago, i would have thought there was a real danger that monday morning it could be back to business as usual. i think the intervention by pope francis was quite dramatic. i think it makes us all stop in our tracks and take on board the path to repentance and renewal that he has been calling us on. he's developed it very well in his homily. he reminded us of our strong missionary tradition and to become missionaries ofjoy and love in the service of the gospel. calling us to read discovered those green shoots. he brought us back to what this is about, the sacrament of marriage and the family, where a married couple puts their love for one another at the service of god,

to bea one another at the service of god, to be a mirror of god's love. the task of course now for pope francis as he travels back to rome later is to bring actions that will follow these words. that is exactly what these words. that is exactly what the irish prime minister called for yesterday. he called for a new chapter. the bishop of dublin talking about a new spring. it is up to pope francis and the hierarchy to deliver that now. it is. a partnership, the state also has a lot of work to do to bring about reconciliation and healing because the state was complicit in a lot of what went on here in the past. i think the prime minister called for a new government and it takes two to make the government. the state and the church must find a new way of working together, no dominates on either side. in order to heal the

wounds of the past and to bring it this into the future. let's had across the city of dublin tojulie who was at the garden of remembrance we re who was at the garden of remembrance were demonstrations have been taking place by survivors of abuse at the hands of the catholic church. julie, i wonder have any of the words that have been said here filtered through to you there? well, not much is filtering through here. it is very noisy at the moment. i can tell you that the crowds have really grown in the last hour. when we last spoke, several hundred people were here, now maybe up hundred people were here, now maybe up to hundred people were here, now maybe uptoa hundred people were here, now maybe up to a couple of thousand people have gathered here at the garden of remembrance in the city centre in

dublin. you can see this stage there. it is noisy. there is someone talking. we have have lots of music and poetry and readings. we have not heard from jose are yet. we haven't heard from jose are yet. we haven't heard from jose are yet. we haven't heard from the hosier yet. the organisers call this a gathering, not a concert. a gathering of people who have come here to show solidarity with those who have been abused through the catholic church. now the whole thing has been organised by a group called stand forjustice. and organised by a group called stand for justice. and they organised by a group called stand forjustice. and they timed it all to coincide with pope's mass at the park. now one of those who are here todayis park. now one of those who are here today is mary collins. she was one of the survivors of abuse who was at that meeting. one of the eight survivors who were at the meeting with the pope yesterday evening. i

got to speak to her earlier. for the last couple of weeks it has been wall—to—wall, the whole issue. it is very difficult when you are a survivor. it turns up a lot of feelings. it is hard without all the pressure of the pope's visit. you had a meeting with the pope. how did that go? it was better than i expected. there were eight of us there. there was a good cross—section. there weren't many people who are outspoken, that was very good there is no secret of what was going on in the meeting. he listened. there was plenty of time given. it was supposed to be shorter, but the pope wanted to listen and so he kept extending the time making sure everyone got to say what they wanted to say. it was relaxed. there was only the interpreter, the pope and the

survivors there. it was very free. there was a lot of things said, a lot of strong things said. and he reacted in a shocked way to some, as you would imagine. and we each reacted, because we were all listening to each other. i think some people got more of a concrete result out of it because there were some asking for him to do or say specific things and he agreed to them. others had questions for him that didn't get the answers that they wanted, like myself. there were eight people with eight different perspectives i suppose and they all took away different things from the meeting. 0k, took away different things from the meeting. ok, so that was mary collins speaking to me from earlier. i don't know if you can hear or not, but hosier has actually come onto the stage. that is a big pull. he is the stage. that is a big pull. he is the really big name. we are going to hear from the really big name. we are going to

hearfrom him for a while. we are due to hearfrom hearfrom him for a while. we are due to hear from some other musicians and in half an hour, eve ryo ne musicians and in half an hour, everyone who is gathered here is going to go on a silent march to a former magdalene laundry site. i think it is going to be our time for contemplation and to reflect about things. and it will be an opportunity for people to leave messages. for opportunity for people to leave messages. foi’ now, opportunity for people to leave messages. for now, anita, back to you. julie, thank you very much. julie was at the garden of remembrance in central dublin. here at phoenix park, in the city, we are getting to the stage of the mass where people receive a communion, some 200 chalices and 4000 vessels have been produced, vessels for holding the

canadian have been made for this service today —— vessels for holding the communion. half a million people here, we don't have the official number yet. we will continue to bring you more from dublin on the pope's visit although it is drawing toa pope's visit although it is drawing to a close. this is his last public offence. he will then give a speech to irish bishops before returning to dublin airport for his flight back to rome. back to you, sean. that was anita in dublin. thank you very much. in other news this afternoon... tributes are being paid to one of america's most respected politicians, john mccain, who has died at the age of 81. the vietnam war hero — who was defeated by barack obama in the 2008 presidential election — had been suffering from a brain tumour and decided to stop receiving treatment two days ago. chris buckler looks back at his life.

john mccain was a politician of principle — a patriot who believed in his country and fought for it at tremendous cost to himself. as a young navy pilot, he was shot down over hanoi, interrogated and tortured. his captors saw a potential propaganda coup when his father became commander of us forces in vietnam and offered him release. john mccain refused, despite the many beatings he suffered. on his return, he was hailed as a war hero and entered politics. he eventually spent 35 years representing republicans inside congress, but he was fiercely independent and often spoke out against the party, notably challenging the influence of big money on american politics. i will break the iron triangle in washington of money, lobbying and legislation, and they know that would be very, very disruptive financially to a lot of people's lives.

he may have challenged washington, but he was respected here too. and in 2008, he was selected as the republican presidential candidate, but his campaign was not without mistakes and he was criticised for choosing sarah palin as his running mate. ultimately, he was to lose to history, in the form of barack obama. i wish the outcome had been different, my friends. the road was a difficult one from the outset. but your support and friendship never wavered. his influence was still obvious in the twilight of his career. after brain surgery, he walked into the senate and stopped donald trump's attempts to get rid of the obamacare health reforms. with a grand gesture, he turned his thumb down. john mccain was a fighter to the end. he lived longer than expected after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. his family said it was with his

usual strength of will that he chose to stop receiving medical treatment. but he was a man who never gave up hope, in politics or in his own personal battles. i hope to impress on you again that it is an honour to serve the american people in your company. senatorjohn mccain of arizona, who has died at the age of 81. the daughter ofjohn and susan cooper — the couple who died at a hotel in egypt last week — has told the bbc she is convinced ‘something in their room killed them.‘ kelly ormerod — who was also staying at the hotel — believes her parents did not die of natural causes. egyptian investigators say no trace of poisonous gas has been found in the couple's room. our correspondent stuart flinders reports. susan and john cooper were both on holiday at the red sea resort of hurghada, when they were both taken seriously ill and died on the same day. their daughter, kelly, who arrived home in burnley this morning, was with them. at 11 o'clock, i went and knocked

on the door, to see whether they were just having a little bit of a lie—in and didn't want to be bothered. as i opened the door, i could see that my dad was extremely ill, he was staggering back to the bed. mum was laid on the bed and i could tell that something was seriously wrong with them. the egyptian authorities say the couple, both in their 60s, died from heart and respiratory failure. tests are now being carried out on food, water and air conditioning at the steigenberger aqua magic hotel, as the authorities try to establish how the couple died. their daughter says another member of the family had smelt something in the room that made her feel nauseous the day before the deaths. but the tour company, thomas cook, says there is so far no evidence of why they died. this is just a thorough investigation, which is carried out by our independent experts, in cooperation, of course with the prosecutors in egypt. what are they testing?

i totally trust they are testing the right things. kelly ormerod is adamant her parents did not die of natural causes. when they went back to that room that evening, there was something in that room that actually killed them. whether they have inhaled something that has poisoned them, i don't know. i can only have my opinion on what has gone on. postmortem results are expected in the next few days, but it could be weeks before kelly ormerod is allowed to bring her parents‘ bodies home. it is for 16 pm. let's take a look at the headlines on bbc news. a mass led by the pope at phoenix park in dublin has attracted huge crowds. earlier, at the shrine of knock he begged for god's forgiveness over sex abuse allegations linked to the catholic church in ireland. senatorjohn mccain, the americam vietnam war hero who became a republican politician and candidate for president,

has died at the age of 81. the british—iranian charity worker, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, has returned to prison in iran, following a three day release. herfamily had hoped she would be granted an extension. sport now, and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre, here's catherine. good afternoon, kathryn. good afternoon. sebastian vettel has won the belgian grand prix, overtaking lewis hamilton who was on pole on the first lap. the first lap also saw fernando alonso involved in a huge crash, but he escaped unscathed. nick parrott was watching. he has a notorious history of big accidents, usually in wet conditions. the sunshine bathing the track, few would have predicted this. he smashed into the back. with

almost dire consequences. this is why formula i brought in the halo safety device, it protected him as the car flew over him. all three we re the car flew over him. all three were able to walk away. while they we re were able to walk away. while they were nursing their pride, lewis hamilton's was also being damaged. he started from pole, but was passed by rival before the safety car came out following the crash. when racing resumed, hamilton failed to retake the lead. unable to catch the ferrari, he had to settle for second place. it was a day when fi was shaken at the start and stirred at the finish. the british moto gp race at silverstone has been cancelled because of heavy rainfall. race officials pulled out all the stops to try and ensure that racing got under way, even using tractors to try and clear the water, but eventually had to admit defeat. this is the first time since 1980 that a race has been cancelled outright, as a meeting between teams and officials decided against posponing the race

until tomorrow due in part to a lack of available marshals. on to football... watford's perfect start to the premier league season continues with a 2—1win over crystal palace at vicarage road palace had the better of the first half but it was watford who took the lead after the break, roberto perrera taking one of the many chances he had. and then the hornets doubled their lead whenjose holebas' cross luckily found its way into the top corner. wilfred zaha did score a consolation goal for palace but it's watford who get their third win of the season. there are two other premier league games this afternoon. both kicked off at four o'clock. fulham and burnley are drawing 1—1, while it's goalless between newcastle and chelsea. rangers remain unbeaten under steven gerrard, but could only manage a 3—3 draw after a last—minute equaliser from motherwell. rangers twice came from behind before the break thanks to two goals from kyle lafferty on his first start since returning to the club. and they went ahead in a thrilling first half through ovie ejaria,

who is on loan from liverpool. but motherwell rescued the point in the dying moments when peter hartley scored from a corner. it's currently goalless between celtic and hamilton. everton defender michael keane has sustained a small hairline fracture of his skull the club have confirmed this afternoon. the england international suffered the injury during yesterday's premier league match at bournemouth and was taken to hospital following a clash of heads. keane hasn't suffered any other complications but won't return to full training for three to four weeks. serena williams has responded to french open organisers whose new rules would see her unable to wear the "catsuit" she wore at roland garros earlier this year. the suit was designed to help reduce the chances of blood clots after complications during childbirth last year. obviously, the grand slams have a right to do what they want to do, but i feel like... if and when or if they know that

some things are for health reasons, then there's no way that they wouldn't be ok with it. i've since found other methods. when it comes to fashion, you don't want to be a repeat offender! it will be a while before this even has to come up again. that was serena williams taking it all in good spirits. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories plus news of a gold for great britain men's wheelchair basketball team at the world championships in hamburg on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. they will be more in about an hour's time. catherine, thank you very much. we say goodbye to her. let's return to other news. a search and rescue operation is continuing off the coast of great yarmouth in norfolk for two fishermen after their boat sank last night. three other men were rescued 25 miles out at sea by a passing

cruise ship, which had spotted their life raft. the family of a british—iranian woman imprisoned in iran on spying charges, have confirmed that she has returned to prison today. nazanin zhagari—ratcliffe was reunited with her four—year—old daughter this week as she was given three—days release. her family tried to extend the release date but failed to do so. she was jailed in 2016 on spying charges which she denies. joining me now is our correspondent caroline davies, who has the latest. remind us the background of the case and also what has happened today. so, to tee —— so nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe was on holiday with her daughter. she has dual citizenship with british and iranian citizenship. she was trying to travel back to the uk and she was arrested at the airport. she was then put in solitary confinement and

accused of espionage appeared she has been jailed for five years. she has been jailed for five years. she has been jailed for five years. she has been imprisoned since then. she has been imprisoned since then. she has only ever seen her daughter on prison visits. on thursday, she was released from jails for days. it was temporary. she was never told when this was going to occur and she was only given ten minutes to get ready and leave. she has spent the time with herfamily and leave. she has spent the time with her family with and leave. she has spent the time with herfamily with her daughter who is now four years old. today they were hoping to get an extension, her lawyer was relatively positive that this could happen. but there has been, according to her husband, who is still here in the uk, it has been a day of mixed messages. when she left the prosecutor's office, she received a phone call saying that she had been approved for release. when she got home, she got another phone call saying that she needed to be back in prison. they were missing key

signature. and she needed to be back in prison by sunset tonight. we heard she went back to the prosecutors office and tried to plead her case with her daughter. they were both crying. in the end, she was told that she needed to go back to prison. she chose to go then rather than to be picked up from her home which she thought would be more distressing. we have heard that the prosecution office suggested that the signature could comfort back come through and she could be extended. uncertainty for her, but she is back in prison tonight. yes she is back in prison tonight. yes she is. ever wondered what dinosaur dna looks like? well, neither do i, but you are about to find out. a team of researchers from kent university have pieced together the genetic characteristics of dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives. they say the breakthrough reveals how they dominated earth for more than 180 million years. could these scenes from jurassic world really happen? dinosaurs recreated

from dna wreaking havoc. geneticist darren griffin has used mathematical techniques to identify the genetic structure of the very first dinosaurs by working backwards from their closest modern—day relatives, birds and turtles. and so, would he, could he, bring them back to life? if we have some dna, the chances that we could recreate an animal from that are vanishingly small. we didn't really know what the overall structure of a dinosaur genome looked like. as a result of the work that's gone on in this lab, we now have a very close idea and a pretty certainty that it was something very close to a bird. birds are the most diverse species on the planet. they come in so many different shapes and sizes. it's thought that this is because they have 80 chunks of dna, called chromosomes. that's more than three times as many as we have. if dinosaurs have the same genetic structure as birds, then that might explain why

there are so many types of dinosaurs. their genetic structure may help to explain why dinosaurs survived so long and are so varied. some are huge. others were tiny. and some flew. it was their genes that enabled them to adapt to the earth's changing conditions over 100 million years, and they were able to do that far faster than any other kind of animal. the current theory is that a giant asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, when it hit the earth 66 million years ago. the new research suggests that they survived. the fossil evidence now, and our evidence illustrating the genomic structure of dinosaurs, actually reinforces the idea that, actually, rather than being distant relatives, they are actually all one and the same. and that, actually, the birds that are around us now are dinosaurs. so, it's not a question of whether we can bring them back —

they never went away. dinosaur genes enable them to change shape and size quickly and so, survived for hundreds of millions of years. pallab ghosh, bbc news. well, let's talk more about that. daryn, it is a fascinating story. and i suppose the question it throws up and i suppose the question it throws up is if they did survive, in some form and their dna has continued, why aren't there still pterodactyls flying around today? well, terror doctors are not dinosaurs. well, there you go. there are dinosaurs flying around, just look out your window. pigeons flying around. they are very diverse. they are not as big as they used to be. but that is just evolution and adaptation. what

will this research allowed you to do? what opportunities does it open 7 is do? what opportunities does it open up? is it straightforward a bit of curiosity or does it take you somewhere? a lot of it is curiosity. but our main line of research is to try and see if we can reconstruct genomes from birds. one of the issues we have is that it is all a little chunks. and one of the techniques that we have developed is the ability to put all those chunks together imagine, if i had three building blocks, red, blue and white and then what i would have to try and then what i would have to try and do is make a flag. i could give you frantz, and do is make a flag. i could give you fra ntz, i and do is make a flag. i could give you frantz, i can give you rush and it is getting this order and the structure in a similar sort of way with our chromosome. there is real research value to this. it is not

just a curiosity. absolutely. the diamond store —— dinosaur story is something we've been obsessed with for some time. but the main line of research is reconstructing the genomes and we do that with living species usually. in terms of how this process was done, you said you we re this process was done, you said you were working backwards affectively for what we know now to try and get to where we would have been hundreds of millions of years ago. there must be gaps in the knowledge. is the dna evidence so strong that you can make links that far? we certainly are working backwards and all we can really do is take some living species, but the crux of the discovery in essence was we found some turtles and we found that the

overall structure, the chromosomes we re very overall structure, the chromosomes were very similar to a bird. and we have known that for a wild. but the ability to make a comparison one with the bird chromosomes and a little bit of computer was allowed us little bit of computer was allowed us to get the best fit picture passing from the bird turtle a ncestor passing from the bird turtle ancestor all the way to our modern chickens and ostriches and ducks. so nojurassic park chickens and ostriches and ducks. so no jurassic park anytime chickens and ostriches and ducks. so nojurassic park anytime soon. absolutely not. binky so much for joining us. right, it has not been whether for dinosaurs, joining us. right, it has not been whetherfor dinosaurs, it joining us. right, it has not been whether for dinosaurs, it has joining us. right, it has not been whetherfor dinosaurs, it has been for ducks. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina. whilst the rain mears heading away, there will be some strong gusts of wind, and then the rain will start to ease away, many having a largely

dry night, not quite as cool as recent nights. away from scotland, tomorrow is a bank holiday monday, a few showers around feeding across, but fairly well scattered, most having a largely